THE LOBBY: ALBUMS OF THE WEEK
March 20th 2007 10:20
The ol’ Hellvis is gettin’ back into the swing o’ things with this Pablum for the Weak business. It looks like the almighty Boris have won this time round, which rips open my chest and crams a whole heap of joy in my bleeding cavity.
I haven’t had much time to listen to anything this week apart from stuff for Tsunami. I have a dickload of Tsunami reviews that I still have to post up here, but be patient. In the meantime, I’ve cobbled together a few CDs that have enjoyed repeated listens on the lobby ghetto blaster fo' shizzle.
This week’s albums are.
1) for the money…
Nation Of Ulysses:
13-Point Program To Destroy America
(1991; Discord)
Taking the revolutionary rhetoric and free jazz spazz of the MC5 and marrying it to the sweaty power of post-hardcore, the Nation of Ulysses were a short-lived but potently influential band. This album is a screaming mess of fractured rhythms, skronking sax, and heartfelt vocals, and while it might have partly-inspired the highly-superficial emo movement, it’s got more soul than a sackful of James Browns. NOU are dressed to impress and this opening manifesto is a blessed mess.
2) for the show…
Modest Mouse:
The Lonesome Crowded West
(1997; Up)
Modest Mouse’s breakthrough second album is the first thing I heard of theirs. This has a lot to do with why it’s still my favourite release by these north-west American indies, but don’t let my bias mislead you. It’s still a great white-trash howdown where Stephen Malkmus meets Frank Black in an allnight diner and they have a Beefheart burger and a coke that’s been infused with speed-addled trucker’s semen. So wrong yet so, so right.
3) to get ready…
The Residents:
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
(1976; Ralph)
Rock ‘n’ roll is fascism. Avant-garde Dadaists the Residents prove it on their second album of deconstructed sixties hits as performed by Hitler and his band. It’s a fucked-up journey of pastiche that’s at once brilliantly funny and deeply disturbing. These eyeball-wearing weirdos show up rock ‘n’ roll for the dumbly conformist and gloriously derivative beast it is, reveling in its true trash, tearing it all to pieces, and appropriating it for this grand artistic achievement.
Now go, cat, go!
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IMAGES
13-Point Program To Destroy America*
The Lonesome Crowded West*
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll*
(album covers used under fair dealing)
*images on this page were taken from the following Wikipedia pages:
13-Point Program To Destroy America
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
I haven’t had much time to listen to anything this week apart from stuff for Tsunami. I have a dickload of Tsunami reviews that I still have to post up here, but be patient. In the meantime, I’ve cobbled together a few CDs that have enjoyed repeated listens on the lobby ghetto blaster fo' shizzle.
This week’s albums are.
1) for the money…
13-Point Program To Destroy America (1991)
13-Point Program To Destroy America
(1991; Discord)
Taking the revolutionary rhetoric and free jazz spazz of the MC5 and marrying it to the sweaty power of post-hardcore, the Nation of Ulysses were a short-lived but potently influential band. This album is a screaming mess of fractured rhythms, skronking sax, and heartfelt vocals, and while it might have partly-inspired the highly-superficial emo movement, it’s got more soul than a sackful of James Browns. NOU are dressed to impress and this opening manifesto is a blessed mess.
2) for the show…
The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
The Lonesome Crowded West
(1997; Up)
Modest Mouse’s breakthrough second album is the first thing I heard of theirs. This has a lot to do with why it’s still my favourite release by these north-west American indies, but don’t let my bias mislead you. It’s still a great white-trash howdown where Stephen Malkmus meets Frank Black in an allnight diner and they have a Beefheart burger and a coke that’s been infused with speed-addled trucker’s semen. So wrong yet so, so right.
3) to get ready…
The Third Reich 'N' Roll (1976)
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
(1976; Ralph)
Rock ‘n’ roll is fascism. Avant-garde Dadaists the Residents prove it on their second album of deconstructed sixties hits as performed by Hitler and his band. It’s a fucked-up journey of pastiche that’s at once brilliantly funny and deeply disturbing. These eyeball-wearing weirdos show up rock ‘n’ roll for the dumbly conformist and gloriously derivative beast it is, reveling in its true trash, tearing it all to pieces, and appropriating it for this grand artistic achievement.
Now go, cat, go!
***
IMAGES
13-Point Program To Destroy America*
The Lonesome Crowded West*
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll*
(album covers used under fair dealing)
*images on this page were taken from the following Wikipedia pages:
13-Point Program To Destroy America
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Third Reich ‘N’ Roll
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Comment by yonicsooth
The short blurb on The Lonesome Crowded West gave me enough that I vote this week for The Third Reich 'n' Roll. Can I get a sieg howdy?
You have a lot of records. Good records.
I have dysentery.
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Comment by Hellvis
Earache Hotel
Hope the dysentary's cleared up. I've been having a bit of a problem with the old poop shute lately too. Maybe it's a thing.
Looks like the eyes have it. I'll skip the Albums of the Week this time and catch up on reviewing. Will email you soon to see what condition your condition is in.